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Holiday Lake 50K++ — 2026Trail race course18.5mi1,369ftFeb 14

Holiday Lake 50K++ — 2026

Race day · Feb 14, 2026 · by Extreme Ultrarunning

Race almanac: 1 year of race-day weather
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Course map, elevation profile & surface
Distance
18.5mi
Elev gain
1,369ft
Elev loss
1,360ft
High point
713ft
Low point
446ft
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Race-day light

In the dark
0%
Sunrise
7:06am
Sunset
5:53pm
Headlamp from
Not needed

For a 3:50 finish (an estimate) · starting 7:00 AM Feb 14. Dark means the sun below civil twilight.

Elevation gain, measured two ways

SourceGainvs lidar
Course file (GPX)1,369ft+14%
USGS lidar, 1 m1,197ftreference

They differ because a GPS file picks up noise on every wiggle and often takes its heights from a coarse terrain model, while lidar maps the ground itself to about a metre. We sampled this route every 98 ft against USGS 3DEP and counted each rise of 10 ft or more, on Oct 26, 2026. The planner still uses the course file.

Conditions typical race-day weather for Feb 14 at the start
Typical high
52°F
Typical low
33°F
Chance of rain
49%
2025 high
44°F

Typical = the median of 2016–2025 for Feb 14 ±3 days at the start line; a wet day has 1 mm of rain or more. Historical weather from Open-Meteo.

Race almanac 1 year of this race

Past editions

On race day it reached 56°F at the start, with a low of 26°.

YearStart °FRainWind
2026 Feb 1456°/26°dry9mph

race-day weather from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5) at the start line.

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About this course

Holiday Lake 50K++ — 2026 covers 18.5 mi (29.8 km) with 1,369 ft of elevation gain. That is about 74 ft per mile of climbing, and 1,360 ft of descent. The course tops out at 713 ft and bottoms out at 446 ft. Race day is February 14, 2026, starting at 7:00 AM; the sun rises at 7:06 AM and sets at 5:53 PM. Typical race-day weather at the start: a high of 52°F and a low of 33°F, with a 49% chance of a wet day. The interactive map above shows the full route with its elevation profile and aid stations, built from the course's GPS file.

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Course history

  1. Oct 13, 2026Added to the catalog
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